Download or read book Memoirs of a Senate Page written by Christian F. Eckloff and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoirs of a Senate Page: 1855-1859 The Senate chamber during the period of which this volume treats was the theatre of per haps the most memorable scenes in the history of the upper house of Congress; and the men who swayed the public mind of. The North and of the South, by means of mighty words and undaunted acts, furnishing thereby the great prelude to a great war, were men of whom whatsoever is te lated should meet with Wide popular interest. In those years the contest over slavery became more and more embittered, the Republican party began taking root in the political field, and a gulf grew wide between the Opposite-minded throughout that grave and stolid house. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.